Inspiration

Since women do most of the holiday shopping (85%) and start about 70% of new businesses, it would only make sense to support these women owned businesses and put the money back in their pockets. Tereza Nemessanyi took to the internet and put the call out, asking anyone and everyone to help her put together a "comprehensive 2011 Holiday Shopping Guide of awesome products and services created by women-led companies"....

Linda Kaiser, Channel Swimmer from Hawaii tells her story. I am 61 years of age. Born and raised in Hawaii, I am the only woman to have swum all 9 channels between the Hawaiian Islands. I am also 1 of only 2 people to have accomplished this....

Jennifer Siebel Newsom's documentary Miss Representation premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film uncovers how American mainstream media's limited and disparaging portrayals of women are spoon feeding yet another generation of America's youth the unfortunate concept that a woman's primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality - and not in her capacity as a leader....

11/11/11. November 11th is Veteran's Day, the day when we honor American veterans of all wars in all eras. November 11, 2011 is also the first time in a century that the three 11s align on the calendar....

Brenda Berkman, retired FDNY Captain and devout volunteer, celebrated her 60th birthday by recruiting friends to join her in giving back with a day of service at Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary School, the first all-girls charter school in New York City. ...

Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly, Brooke Shields, Billy Crudup, Ana Gasteyer and LaTanya Richardson came together to lend their individual time and talents to read children’s books as part of an extraordinary fundraiser - Starry Night Stories - to benefit Children of Bellevue’s Reach Out and Read program in NYC....

Gretchen Holt Witt was confronted with one of life's biggest challenges when her 2 year old son Liam was diagnosed in February 2007 with Neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer with no cure. Gretchen and Larry founded the national, non-profit organization Cookies for Kids' Cancer in 2008. ...

Since Women You Should Know can't be everywhere or know everyone, we want YOU to tell us about the Women WE Should Know. If you have something to share about a woman you think we should know, we're ready to listen....